Mwingira Victor, Mboera Leonard E G, Dicke Marcel, Takken Willem
Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
National Institute for Medical Research, Amani Research Centre, P.O. Box 81, Muheza, Tanzania.
J Vector Ecol. 2020 Dec;45(2):155-179. doi: 10.1111/jvec.12387.
Vector control is an important component of the interventions aimed at mosquito-borne disease control. Current and future mosquito control strategies are likely to rely largely on the understanding of the behavior of the vector, by exploiting mosquito biology and behavior, while using cost-effective, carefully timed larvicidal and high-impact, low-volume adulticidal applications. Here we review the knowledge on the ecology of mosquito oviposition behavior with emphasis on the potential role of infochemicals in surveillance and control of mosquito-borne diseases. A search of PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Global Health Archive, and Google Scholar databases was conducted using the keywords mosquito, infochemical, pheromone, kairomone, allomone, synomone, apneumone, attractant, host-seeking, and oviposition. Articles in English from 1974 to 2019 were reviewed to gain comprehensive understanding of current knowledge on infochemicals in mosquito resource-searching behavior. Oviposition of many mosquito species is mediated by infochemicals that comprise pheromones, kairomones, synomones, allomones, and apneumones. The novel putative infochemicals that mediate oviposition in the mosquito subfamilies Anophelinae and Culicinae were identified. The role of infochemicals in surveillance and control of these and other mosquito tribes is discussed with respect to origin of the chemical cues and how these affect gravid mosquitoes. Oviposition attractants and deterrents can potentially be used for manipulation of mosquito behavior by making protected resources unsuitable for mosquitoes (push) while luring them towards attractive sources (pull). In this review, strategies of targeting breeding sites with environmentally friendly larvicides with the aim to develop appropriate trap-and-kill techniques are discussed.
病媒控制是旨在控制蚊媒疾病的干预措施的重要组成部分。当前和未来的蚊虫控制策略可能很大程度上依赖于对病媒行为的理解，即通过利用蚊虫生物学和行为，同时采用具有成本效益、适时的杀幼虫剂以及高效、低剂量的杀成虫剂应用。在此，我们回顾了关于蚊虫产卵行为生态学的知识，重点关注信息化学物质在蚊媒疾病监测和控制中的潜在作用。使用关键词“蚊子”“信息化学物质”“信息素”“利它素”“互益素”“协同素”“无性信息素”“引诱剂”“寻找宿主”和“产卵”对PubMed、Embase、科学网、全球卫生档案库和谷歌学术数据库进行了检索。对1974年至2019年的英文文章进行了综述，以全面了解当前关于信息化学物质在蚊虫资源搜索行为方面的知识。许多蚊虫种类的产卵是由包括信息素、利它素、协同素、互益素和无性信息素在内的信息化学物质介导的。确定了在按蚊亚科和库蚊亚科中介导产卵的新型假定信息化学物质。从化学信号的来源以及这些信号如何影响孕蚊的角度，讨论了信息化学物质在这些以及其他蚊虫类群的监测和控制中的作用。产卵引诱剂和驱避剂有可能用于操控蚊虫行为，通过使受保护的资源对蚊子不适合（驱赶），同时将它们引诱到有吸引力的来源（吸引）。在本综述中，讨论了使用环境友好型杀幼虫剂针对繁殖地的策略，旨在开发合适的诱捕和杀灭技术。
